Mike Cunnion was the star quarterback at Mt. St. Michael's in Mt. Vernon, NY. When he went to Holy Cross on a football scholarship we lived on the same floor and were friends. But then and there even a prime athlete could flunk out. Mike did. He joined the Marines and went to Vietnam. With fourteen others he went down in a helicopter near the DMZ (the truce line between south and north Vietnam). Mt. St. Michael, pictured below, memorialized Mike.
When I travel to D.C. I go to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to remember Mike and two other classmates - Bob Donovan, and Jack Martin who also perished in the war.
As President Obama's visit reminds us we lost 58,000. The Vietnamese 1 million. They too should be mourned. - gwc
When I travel to D.C. I go to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to remember Mike and two other classmates - Bob Donovan, and Jack Martin who also perished in the war.
As President Obama's visit reminds us we lost 58,000. The Vietnamese 1 million. They too should be mourned. - gwc
